Masculine dossier · first seen 1897

Niles

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Niles
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1998

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1897Peak 19982024

Peak year

1998

Decline from peak

52.5%

2024

All-time

4,400

Niles has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1998, when 80 boys were named Niles.

In 2024, only 38 boys were given the name.

Down 52.5% from its peak.

All told, about 4,400 Americans have been named Niles and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1897.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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